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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edgar Bader, Ruckersdorf, DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375107 ; 370103 ; 375109 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for synchronizing local clocks at each of two data stations. The first data station is connected through an analog network to an interworking unit. The second data station is connected through an integrated services network having a central clock, to the interworking unit. The interworking unit includes a comparator for comparing the clock phase from the first station transmit clock to the central clock. The result of the comparison is transmitted to the second data station for use in synchronizing the second data station to the first data station.